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Show Picturesque Wasatch Valley Records Year Of Growth And Progress By KAREN STEPHENS and is surrounded by majestic) state highway funds at a cost in) ™ounteins City in — Heber Provo River runs through ' HEBERCounty ie located Salt, te, Valley In a southwest. —-atheast ; tah scatheast of Salt) Of City and northeast Provo in the heart of a * Joi direction while at the os! edge of the valley the river is impounded by the satch Mountains asatch’ County bas an area of 11 Teer Creeh Dam : f of $150,000, This road will boost| Wasatch County's economy as| it makes the recreational for-) (€8 areas above more acces-| sible to tourists and local peo-| [le for fishing, hunting, ete: The additional land needed! Associetion - re of Heber Winter sport tion ofof demolition Valley — sometimes 4 y . ¢ -, the :Countywas Fairantook City ; in Heber g Wasatch Grounds : s of¥ the {the “Paradise th [atieda the Rockies” — offers an almost limitless abundance of outdoor recreation. Heber Valley lies adjacent to the new Wasatch Mountain State Park which a dy riding clubs, horse racers, and snowmobiles, aDother ever-growing popular ca most of weich is|, Because of the excellent loce-|iq complete a quarter-mile| The ountsB nlles ‘nous. Elevations are os va surroundings straightawey track adjecent to old Wasatch th : ofr" $,000 in excess gcnerali’a severe! peaks feetin the feet withxceeding exceeding 10,000 } er towns surrounding Heber City in Wasatch County include Midway, Charleston, constructed new $500 starting gate oa this track last November. Thig track also will be used piaied as the completion date bidder still holds the contract, r b the first of April or as soon County Courthouse by ake as weather permits. It aa ., the 86-year- place - on Heber's Main Rent wishes if the majerity of the, Po We chC dicated munky ee * lated on P a county-wite, \ pol oo am ue ne ColeRacing a magopening Center Daniel, Lake burg. Creek, Cree. Keetley,Walls: and boasts ‘-ificent the 1t-hole golf of course last’ Karnes’ tion took advantage of this new new courthouse on the wae t : ‘site. Bids on the new Wasatch i Heber Valley is one of the must east of Heber on the wack is Deveniver — they County Courthouse were taken) Soltier Summit ‘en 7)with different schoo! dis poording to Wasatch Co. n Agent, Paul Danic was @ better year t Health program. A mental /new television sets have been 'to the Hill-Burton Fund freeze. [Iverson Construction Company health team from Provo con- purchased for use in the 1966 for ag whural produ ing of one social worker and schools. Cable systems ate be- because we had a better mc of Salt Lake City who was low A one year tt approximately two psychologis.s comes to ing installed in all schools Another big step taken Heber City twice a month to consult with people recom-| was the purchase of a Video mended by the schools, com- Tape Machine to tape pro m- munity,ty Eleven blocks of Heber Oity's First East were completed early in the summer 7 " September Street during pur- Qotober, in Hever byCity wasWasatch the? pete the structure to and accord: ch chased last fall County, On this property @ siraizt-away track has been roughed in with improvements ater, she ; n Wasatch County has already|the hill to receive Channel Progress on the new Wasatch noted the benelits from becom-|KUED television to receive |County Hospital was held up ing a part of Regk. Five Cen-| educational programs from the Utah Community Mental University of Utah. Additional the latter part of October due tral gighvdsgh result of part of a longpe range inprovement pre ical workersrs medical ar ord grams to be us used in future ture year In the dairy preduction fi the product produced remains about the same, but there are |fewer Ppersonsn involved i in thus more cows ‘turches thus pr providing 8 a com>, classes and also to play the |business, " the his program as many times as farm. The numberof horses in the valley are increasing along h program is ls desired. y financed through the Federal Another progressive step with their quality as some of government, the county and taken by the Wasatch County|the best breeding of horses in the people who use the service School Disirict is its coopera- the natin lies in Heber Valley (based on a sliding scale ac-\tive participation with the| Heber Cliy's new post office cording to their ability to pay, Northeastern Utah Multi-Dis- and Federal Building was dedi. During the 1957-68 year the trict Coopcrative Education Re-|cated on July 14, The new mest beautiful volleys in the|Lake Creek toed, £7 miles ole yee, ee Mer Rac-| Sept. 28 when the Richard Mil-| ject. Wasatch County School Dis-/search Center who has its of-'building was contructed under : It isinew road was laid, last sum- ing seeeon ler Construction Comoany of Another big 7 improvement irihas as their goal to up-|fices located at the Wasatch the direction of the General Intermountain Region. approxi-jmer being greded and oiled In compliance to the new | American Fork was low bidder, |noted by Heber City during the orade the educational televi- Junior High School in Heber Service Administration and its circular in shape, mately 16 miles in diameter, 'It was financed by federal and 6B Sunday Herald iasibasd fhyng eal %, 1968 — “a eee |To date, approximately 2 per past year was the installation ‘sion service. plonship Cutter Racing Association, the Heber-Kamas The County has City, This research center helds op-ration has now been turn- jcent of the building is complet-jof night landing lights at t€ nearly completed the project |educational workshops and does over to the Post Office Dejed with August of 1968 coniem-|Heber City Municipal Airport. ‘of installing a transmitter on cooperative work and research parment. HERE and THERE Aerial view shows 950 tons of steel fabricated and erected by Mountain States Steel for the Reynolds Metal Company's recently completed aluminum wire and cable mill in Longview, Washington. Tota! time for fabricating, shipping and erection was completed im the brief period of three months, The completed job placed Rae er ternOe oe triteen Oe Seen 170,000 square feet (almost 4 acres) under cover, you will ind... Ky y ec e & ‘ \ Aerial view pictures the sprawling 26 acre site of the Mountain States Steel plant located in Lin- don, Utah. Fabricating of steel to customers specifications is completed in the massive buildi on the right. Western Warehouse Company, who has a service iaiacs with Us. steelfet storing, mixing, bagging and shipping fertilizer produced at Geneva Works, is Pictured on the left, “ PROGRESSIVE COMPANY WITH AN EYE ON THE FUTURE” } i f i : : : Here or there, no job is too large or too small for Utah County's “home-grown” industry— Mountain States Steel. The recently completed contract with Reynolds Metal Company for 950 tons of structural steel indicates the aggressiveness of this company, This job, from start to finish, was completed in 3 months even though the erection site was located several hundred miles from the fabricating plant. Also, most of the steel used in the Reynolds project was purchased from the United States Stee! Geneva Works. Just anotherindication that Mountain States Steel supporis local industry whenpossible. Growth of this companyis evident by the fact that a record 7,500 tons of steel was fabri- cated and shipped to various parts of the Unite d States and South America last year. Mountain States Stee! is q@ large contributor to the economy of Utah County and the State ' i ‘ FABRICATORS-ERECTORS OF STRUCTURAL STEEL ANGLES - PLATES - FRAMES of Utah. During peak production periods, employment will exceed 150 people with en annual payroll in excess of 1 million dollars. The employees andofficers of Mountain States Steei foresee tremendous potential for industrial growth in Utah County. Their faith in the future is shown by the fact that 14 acres have been reserved for indusirial developmentin the confinesoftheir site in Lindon. The industrial sites now have power, water, access roads, and is completely zoned for Industriel uses. In addition, a quarter-of-a-mile of roilroud spur has beenlaid to serve these sites as well as Mountain States Steel. They are prepared to produce and erect any structure that locating industry might require or need in a relatively short time. 4 Yes, indeed, Mountain States Steel iS a Progressive Company with an eye on the futurel OFFICERS General Offices and Plant Clyde L. Olsen—Pres. & Gen'l. Mgr. Wark Steet, Geneva U.S.LINDON, UTAH FFoslenge lene H. Olsen—See. & Treas. One-half mile north of |